The Sociopaths Among Us—And How to Avoid Them
You’re bound to come across the “Dark Triad” type of malignant narcissists in life—and they can be superficially appealing. Better to look for their exact opposite.
You’re bound to come across the “Dark Triad” type of malignant narcissists in life—and they can be superficially appealing. Better to look for their exact opposite.
Oliver Burkeman has become an unlikely self-help guru by reminding everyone of their mortality.
Understand AI for what it is, not what it might become.
Why promises like former President Jimmy Carter’s, to stay alive to vote one last time, have such appeal
Autocrats dump their democratic allies and keep the company of kleptocrats.
How a changing media environment, worsened by intentional attempts to deceive people, hampers the response to natural catastrophes
Many of America’s corporate executives have had enough of the remote-work experiment.
Lauren Groff captures the precise moment when someone realizes their memories are theirs alone.
In Texas and elsewhere, new laws and policies have encouraged neighbors to report neighbors to the government.
In books about the aftermath of October 7, Israelis and Palestinians seek recognition for their humanity.
Around the anniversary of October 7, a conversation about Israel, pain, and peace with the author of Sapiens
A short story
Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.
Sometimes, the best thing a parent can do is nothing at all.
The company is in trouble, and anyone who has spit into one of the company’s test tubes should be concerned.
A former FEMA director describes the devastation in western North Carolina and what comes next.
I know I sound naive, but this wasn’t like a “normal” affair.
Welcome to the darkest timeline.
Our phones are being overrun.
... and the movies and TV shows we watch